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Walter Sherman Thomas
Possessing and distributing matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor
- Defendant
- Walter Sherman Thomas
- Reddit role
- user
- Charge
- Possessing and distributing matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor
- Jurisdiction
- Boyd County District Court, Kentucky
- Date
- 2024-02
- Sentence
- 240 months (20 years) in federal prison for distribution of child pornography, imposed December 2024 by U.S. District Judge David Bunning after a guilty plea; the federal case grew out of the Reddit cyber-tip investigation.
Summary
Walter Sherman Thomas, of Ashland, Kentucky, was arrested on state charges of possessing and distributing matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor. A search warrant served on Reddit traced illegal content to his address. According to the arrest citation, he admitted to storing such images on his phone and to sharing them with numerous people online.